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The original article [1] contains two errors in the following two sentences in the Results section, specifically for the phrases ‘greater than 4’:
‘The threshold for classification of loneliness was determined to be a median item score of less than 4, and for social isolation a median item score of greater than 4, as this represents having a majority level of agreement (for loneliness items) or disagreement (for social isolation items).’
‘For social isolation, a threshold median score of greater than 4 resulted in 6% of respondents being classified as socially isolated in each of the waves.’
The two phrases should instead state ‘less than 4’ as demonstrated in the two following amended sentences:
‘The threshold for classification of loneliness was determined to be a median item score of less than 4, and for social isolation a median item score of less than 4, as this represents having a majority level of agreement (for loneliness items) or disagreement (for social isolation items).’
‘For social isolation, a threshold median score of less than 4 resulted in 6% of respondents being classified as socially isolated in each of the waves.’
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Manera, K.E., Smith, B.J., Owen, K.B. et al. Correction: Psychometric assessment of scales for measuring loneliness and social isolation: an analysis of the household, income and labour dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes 21, 109 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-023-02193-z
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